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| I recently had a kicker motor installed on my boat. The dealer put a "T" in my main fuel line to get fuel to my kicker. There is no shut off valve on the "T" to regulate gas flow to each motor independently.
I heard that this may not be the best way of doing it because a motor may draw air from the other fuel line. This seemed to be the typical response I was getting, and most concurred that it would be better to have a valve to regulate fuel flow to each engine independently.
However, I called another dealer today and they said they "T" the fuel line just like mine was done. He said that in older motors (without a squeeze bal) a valve would be necessary. He said with the ball in the line it is impossible to draw air from the other fuel line.
Another dealer says to put the valve in.
It would be nice to leave it the way it is, so I don't have to go back and flip a switch, but at the same time , I don't mind flipping a switch if it means better engine performance.
I have a Suzuki 150 and Yahama T8 if that matters at all.
Just curious if anyone else has experienced this and what they concluded.
Also, could the big engine be sucking the gas out of the kicker fuel line and kicker motor? I seem to have a little bit of a hard time with cold starts on my kicker motor.
Thanks for any insight you may have!
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